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15. Diffusion of meteor trains in the geomagnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

T. R. Kaiser
T. R. Kaiser*
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, England

Abstract

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It is shown that the Earth's magnetic field can have significant effects on diffusion only above about 95 km altitude. It is further predicted that diffusion can be markedly inhibited by the field only if the meteor train axis makes an angle of less than 1° with the field direction. Experimental support for this view is presented.

Type
Session 3
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 33: Physics and Dynamics of Meteors , 1968 , pp. 161 - 168
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968 

References

Watkins, C.D. (1965) Nature, 208, 1027.Google Scholar